It’s the morning of Jan. 1, 2017 and the beginning of a bright new year for each of us!

It’s the time for resolutions and improvements — to our bodies, our homes and gardens. Each of us tries to live up to the promises we make for the new year, but often as not we get so caught up in simply “living and working,” not all of us succeed.

It’s unlikely anyone is interested in doing more shopping after the hectic Christmas rush, but there is one thing you should keep in mind. When you are ready to start improving your garden or house make sure that the first place you go, when looking for ideas, is to Big Rock in Honolulu.

If you’re reading this from the outer islands, Big Rock ships weekly to all the islands, so you could always call for a little information on what they have that could make your job easier and less costly.

Big Rock will no doubt be having a sale of some description soon, but if you don’t see anything advertised just ask the staff about it when you call, or drop in.

The company is entering its 34th year of doing business in Hawaii. It specializes in reproducing all types of Hawaiian stone, both for walls of all types and gardens.

Big Rock supplements its cast stone products by selling easy to assemble waterfalls of all sizes, ranging from 2 feet right up to 7 feet high. The company also has hollow boulders that are lightweight and perfect for covering un-sightly valves or electrical outlets in the garden, and copper rain chains too.

Big Rock is world renowned for the beautiful, absolutely realistic cast stone veneer they make, and as mentioned before they specialize in making only Hawaiian stone and garden products.

So when you get over the rush of Christmas, recover from New Year’s and decide to start your year off with improvement resolutions around the home and garden, remember Big Rock. The products made at Big Rock last forever, so your money is well spent. Bonnie Cooper and Brian Joy are the owners of the company, and their invaluable employee Lori

Garcia is knowledgeable in all aspects of the business.

All Big Rock products are manufactured at its Mapunapuna location and the employees that make the rock have been with the company for many years. Everything is locally harvested, as the stone veneer is made of a lightweight concrete mix, all of which comes from Hawaiian sources.

This year, think about supporting the local economy in all things that you buy, but when it comes to stone veneer and garden products such as benches, boulders, tables or tikis, there’s only one place to go in Hawaii, and that is Big Rock Manufacturing.

The folks at Big Rock want to thank you for your many years of supporting Hawaii’s unique local business, and would like to wish each one of you a very happy and prosperous new year!